Gear shaving machine



April 2, 1946. c. R. STAUB GEAR SHAVING MACHINE Filed July 26, 1945 7 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. Car/; F 52 0u April 2, 1946. c. RQSTAUB 2,397,515

- GEAR SHAVVING MACHINE Filed July 26, 1943 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR April 2, 1946. R AUB 2,397,515

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qlgllm Patented Apr. 2, 1946 Charles R: Staub, Detroit, Mich, assignor to Michigan Tool Company, Detroit, Mich,

Application July 26, 1943, Serial-N0. 496,150

Claims.

The present; inventionrelates to gear forming machines and particularlyrelates to: a gear shaving machine-adapted f or; crowning gears.

The. present: invention. utilizes principles of gear shaving; disclosed in Dalzen Patents No; 2,123,71Tand N0. 2,305,144, and particularly. utilizes; such principles on a: machine employing a circular cutting tool.

One: of the primary" objects: of the present invention". is to; provide: improvements in gear shaving: machinesofzthetype adapted for crowning gears; in: which the-crowning. is accomplished without; the disadvantage of biasing the bearing against thezwork;

A further: objectof. the invention is to provide a machinefor. crowningigears inwhich'the gears ares-shaved with'ithe work: arbor and cutting tool arbor; at: a. predetermined crossed-axis relationship. andatapredetermined center distance and in. whichxthe crowning is: accomplished by varying the 'vcent'er distance as the cutter approaches each end of the gear tooth, by relative crossfeeding of the arbors in-parallel planes; where suchplanes are normal't'o' the directionof infeed; and without changing the crossed-axis relationship. In other" words; the crowning is accomplished without changing the anglebetween the arbors.

Another objectofthe-invention is to provide a machine-ofthe type-mentioned which is adapted forusein shavinggears following the principles of the above-mentioned Dalzenpatents or which is adapted for use to crown gears;

' Other obj ects-ofthe invention will become apparent-fromthe following'specification; the drawings relatingthereto and from the claims hereinafter set forth;

In the drawingsin which like numerals are used'to'designatelike parts-in the several views throughout:

Figure 1 is-a perspective view' ofa shaving and crowning" machine embodying; features of the present invention;

Fig; 2 is afront'elevationa-l view of the machine shown in Fig; 1'; v

Fig: 3 is-a sideelevational' view of the machine shown-in'Fig: 1;

Fig". 4' is a top plan view of the machineshown in'Fig; 1';

Fig, 5' is an enlargedcross-sectional view taken substantially along the line 5'5.of. Fig. 3:;

Fig fiisa. fragmentary top plan view of a. portion of Lthecrowning structure taken along, the line 6-6 of Fig. 1;

Fig; '7, is: an enlarged cross-sectional -,view illustratingi the manner'in which theicutter arbor is rotatably m'ountedforvarying the crossed axis relationship between the cutting arbor and v the work arbor; v I

Fig.o8iis a diagrammatic? view-of; the drive-for obtaining; the cross-feed; t i V i Fig.1 9. "is a, diagrammatic view: of the drive; for

' the in-feed o Fig. 10 is. a diagrammatic view of: the.- main drive forthe headstockrspindle; t

Fig; 11L is: afragmentary cross sectionallv-iew takenrsubstantially along theline; l l J :ofzFig; 2.

In. general, t the; machine; of. the: present invention; is; constructed; to shave; gears following: the principles .of the above mentioned Dalzen patents. The work' gear; is mounted: on a driven arbor having a: fixed axis. Ajcircular cutting tool is mounted on anotherarborat proper center distance from the axis ofthe gear to be shaved and is disposed at: theproper crossed-axis relationship withrespect:ther'eto, in-accordance with-the teachings of theiDalzenpatentss The work= and shaving. cutter 'aremeshed with: each other, and as .the: work is driven the cutter rotates therewith. During. theshaving" the cutterarbor is movedsacrossthe width of the teeth of the work gear on its-crossed axis in a direction parallel to the'axis ofrotation of the Work gear.

In orderto obtain the crowning of the gear teeth, the cutter: arbor i's caused 'to 1 move toward the axis of rotation of the work} gear as it approaches the ends of the teeth in a-direction normal thereto. In-other words; the center distance between the arbors is varied between the limits of movement- OfthB-CllttEl' arbor without changing the crossed-axis-relationship betweenthe' arborsby relative-cross-feeding the arbors inparallel planes; Where such planes are normal to the direction of in-fe'ed.

Fora morecomplete understanding of themvention reference maybe hadto the accompanying drawings in which an illustrative embodiment isshown. I

The machinecomprises a base. I flhavingawork table IZLproviddlwith' ahorizontal surface. :The horizontal surface is formed with paralleliways l 4 upon which are; slidably mounted a headstock spindle assembly l6 and a tail stock spindle assembly 18.. The head and tail stock spindlesifi and, 18 are mounted. for movementttoward and away-ifrom eachother and may be fixed in position in the usualway. A work arbor is'adapte d to be received between the spindles and be fixed to thehead sweks mme to be driven thereby.

The work, which is diagrammatically illustrated at 26 in Fig. 3, is a gear to be shaved and is fixed to the work arbor and adapted to be driven thereby. A mentioned, the head stock spindle is driven and the drive means, which is diagrammatically shown in Fig. 10, will be described hereinafter. For the present, it will be sufiicient to understand that the head stock spindle, the work arbor and the work 26 are driven, with the spindle solocatedthat the work gear 26 is disposed at the center of the machine.

A cutter or tool arbor 22 is mounted on a carriage 24, adjacent table I 2, which in turn is r The top of carriage 26 is formed with parallel ways 23 which are parallel to the axis of the work arbor and the carriage 24 is slidably mounted th'ereon for transmounted on another carriage 26.

verse'movement with respect thereto, or for cross movement parallel to the axis of the workarbor.

The cutter arbor 22 is adapted to have keyed thereto acircular shaving tool 30 which is diagrammatically illustrated in Fig.3; The shaving tool 30 is of the circular type described in the i above mentioned Dalzen Patent No. 2,305,144.

The cutter arbor 22 is adapted to be angularly disposedwith respect tothe axis of the work arbor to obtain the crossed-axis relationship above mentioned. This is in accordance with the teachings of the above mentioned Dalzen patents. In the drawings, the cutter arbor 22 is shown as i being parallel to andin' the same plane as the axi of the'work arborbut this is merely for the purpose of clear illustration. It will be understood that in operation this relationship does not exist but the axes are crossed, as mentioned above.

The manner in which the tool arbor 22 is mountedito' the carriage 24 for obtaining the crossed-axis relationship is best shown in Figs. 2,7 and 11. A circular mounting plate 32 is rotatably mounted on the front vertical face of carriage 24. A mounting pin 34 is received through a central aperture in the front face of the carriage 24 and projects therebeyond into a central aperture 36 of member 32. The head of the pin 34 overlies the edge of the aperture through the front wall of the carriage 24 and an end-plate 38 is received in an enlarged recess 40 provided in member 32 and is secured to the end of pin 34 by means of screws 42. The member 32 may thus be revolved on pin 34 and with respect to carriage 24. Means for rotating the member 32 and for holding it in its adjusted position will be described hereinafter.

Member 32 is formed with aligned bosses 44 and .46 on the front face thereof which are provided mounted within an opening provided within member'32 and disposed adjacent the periphery thereof so that the pinion 52 meshes with the ring gear 50. The pinion 52 is rotatably mounted in the aperture 54 but is held against axial displacement by, means of a snap spring which is'received within complementary recesses provided in pinion 52 and the opening 54. The outer end of the pinion is formed with a nut head 56 so that the pinion may be turned by a suitable tool. 7

It will be appreciated that as the pinion is turned it is fixed to ride around the fixedring gear 56 carrying with it the mounting member 32. As the mounting member 32 is turned about pivot pin 34 the crossed-axis relationship of the tool arbor 22 is varied with respect to the work arbor. When the tool arbor is in proper crossedaxis relationship the mounting member 32 is clamped to the carriage 24by means of a plurality of clamping nuts 58. The clamping nuts 58 are formed with arcuate heads 59 which are I adapted to overlie substantial portions of an annular flange 63' on member 24 and also the ring gear 53. Bolts 62 are passed through apertures in member 32 and are threaded into the nuts 58. so that as the bolts 62 are tightened the nuts 58 are pulled against the flange 69 and the ring gear to clamp the member 32 to the front face of the carriage 24. A bearing ring 54 may be fixed to the front face of carriage 24 against which the periphery of member 32abuts. a

As mentioned above, the carriage 24 is mounted on ways 28 on carriage 26 for cross-feed with respect to the work. The carriage 26 is mounted on parallel ways 66 which are formed in the horizontal surface 68 of the base It] and which are normal to the ways 14, or to the axis of rotation of the work. The carriage 26 is thus moved along ways 66 to change or vary the center distance between the axis of the work arbor and the tool arbor. An in-feed housing) is also'mounted for sliding movement along surface 68 and is guided by parallel ways 12 which are parallel to the ways 66. Them-feed housing is mounted to the carriage 26 so that there may be in-feed movement of the carriage 26 and housing 10 together or relative to each other to produce the crowning eliect of the present invention. The details of the connection between the carriage 25 and housing.

75 and their movement with respect to the base H) are best shown in Fig. 5.

The housing .70 hasa forward, vertical face 14 which is adapted to bear against therear vertical face I6 of carriage 26. Such faces are provided with a plurality of aligned openings 16 and 80 therethrough and when the shaving machine of the present invention is not used for crowning but is used for the conventional shaving operation, bolts 52 are passed through such openings to secure the carriage 26 and the housing 16 together so that there cannot be relative in-feed movement between them. Such bolts are shown; in

Fig. 5 in broken lines for th apertures, for purpose of illustration. When the machine'is used for crowning the bolts 82 are removed so that there may be relative in-feed movement between the carriage 25 and the housing 16.

When the machine is to be used for crowning. the carriage 26 and the housing 15 are so connected together that there may be relative infeed movement between them'. Such connection includes a pair of elongated bolts 82 which are received through enlarged apertures 84 in the back wall of member 26 and which have coil springs 86 disposed between the heads of the bolts and inside face of the rear Wall. Pins 6'! may be passed through the bolts 82'within apertures 84 to prevent turning of the bolts. The bolts project rearwardly above the horizontal surface of base It and are received through the openings 86 provided in brackets 90. Such brackets 96 are bolted to the horizontal surface of the base 16. Nuts 92 are threaded over thebolts 82 andare enemas adaptedi to-abut -minsttthc rear face ofibracket's 9!? was the carriage zi andi'thehousing T set om proper center distance the nuts 92 may then be= pulled againstthe brackets 90; Garriage 2-6 may then lie-givenani'nefeed against the action of springs- 86 which-will permit limited relative movement between the carriage-and base- I0; and I plurality" of? screws I02? so that the nut" 88- is held irr fixed position'fwith respect to the base and agalnst axi'almovementin either-direction; The opposite-endiofthe'screw'QBis'rotatablymounted to: the housing within ball bearing assemblies I00 and. is fixed: against-axialmovementwith res spect" thereto. The" means: for fixing the screw against axial movement includes an' annular shoulder;= I061 which; f aces shoulder I08 on an end plate I10 with: the end plate I10" secured to the housing, andlwith the ballbearing assemblies disposedwithinthe: cooperating, shouldersand hear-- ing; against cooperating; shoulders on the screw. A gear. II2' is keyedto the screw shaft and'bears against one ofthe bearing races. A bevel gear IT! is also keyed to the screw shaft and" bears againstthe adjacent face of the gear- I12; Lock nuts I'Ili? are threadedont'o the screw shaft and bear. against the bevel gear IN. This assembly preventsaxialmovement of screw lifiwithrespect to. the. housing. 111.

Itlwilljbeevident' that asthe screw fi is turned; the. housing, T0 is moved along its ways on the base IIIQsince the bracket IOIis'fixedto the base. E'orfeeding. in, the housing 10' wouldbear against carri'agel26 and. move it in withit'. This would betoiset the. work and toolarbors on proper center distance and. when movi'ngthem toproper center distance. theJnutsS'I wouldhe loosened. When they, are 011-1)101181. center. distance the nuts 92 may, then-be; tightened against Brackets. 90' and thephousing, I0, would. then be fixed against any further in.-feed but thecarriage- 26' would move towardandaway. from the housingflo to vary the center. distanoewithim the limits of movement of spningst86.- I g The illrffiGCLSCl'CW- 96 maybe hand turned for handinrfeedby. means of a handwheel I I 3 which iskeyedtoshaftllfl, rotatably-mounted on housingJlL. Theinnex: end of. theshaft I hasa bevelgear" IZL-keyed, thereto which meshes with the bevel gear H4. For mechanical or. automatic feed, the; drive is. diagrammatically illustrated. in Fig. 9... Such-drive includes-a.reversible motor I 2M for. driving.the motor shaft. I 261 which drives pulley, I283. 'JShe/puIIey,v I-28idrivesanother pulley I3lilthro11gh. belt I32. Thepulley I30 iskeyed to shaftjfl'which hasaworm I63: also keyed there,- to. Theworm-I63f meshes with worm gear I38 whichiskeyed'to. shaft I'4'0 having a worm I42 keyed thereto. The worm l42"meshes.with worm gearllfl" which is'lteyed toshaft I415. The shaft N8 hasclutch elements I48" and I50 mounted thereon, and the clutch element I 50 is "mounted forr' sliding movement on? the shaft into and outof" cooperating" relationshiwwitlr the clutch element" M8: Theol'utchelement I48=together with pinion I52 is'm'ounted onshatft- Il'fi for f-ree-rot'ation thereon so that" when the clutch elements I 4'8 and I50 are"in'driving relationship the pinion I52 'is-driven to" drive' the gear 2-. Thus, when the gear I12 is turned in either direction, the screw 96' is correspondinglyturned;

ReferringtoFlga 10} the drive for" the work spindle I 6 is diagrammatically illustratedi Such drive'includes a ma-in drive motor I54; whichmay be reversible. The" drive to the spindle I6= is through the motordriven'shaft- I56, sprocket I58; chain I60 and sprocket" I622 The sprocket I62 is-keyed to shaft Ifl which-has'apinion' I 65'- keyed to the oppositeend thereof The pinion IGG drives through: change gears I68; Ifl'l and I12, shaft I'M' and gears FIG and H8. The gear I18 iskeyed tothedrive spindle I6 for driving'it.

As mentionedabove; the carriage 2- is crossfed along ways 28" with respect to carriage 26% Thedrive forthecrossfeedincludes ascrew I having thecuter-end rotatably *mOllnIiBdih bracket' IB 2--which is-fix'ed tmcarriage'lfii The screw I80 is mounted on the' bracket for rotation with respect thereto but-"is'fixed against axialdisplacement with respect thereto; Theinner, threaded end ofthe screwIBWisthreadably received within a nut (not shown) which is fixedly mounted against axial-displacement: 0n canriage-2 l; Thus; as thescrewI80-is turned; the'nut' on the carriage 24 runs along the' -screwto' mc'vvecarriage- 24 along ways 28 ina directiondependihg upon the direction of rotation of the cross-feed screw I 80":

The'cross-feed screwmaybe'turned'bya hand tool= which engages a squareprojectingend I84 on the screw I80 or it may be' power driven: Such power means is diagrammaticallyshown in Fig; 8' andincludes 'a reversiblemotor" I86" having a drive shaft I88*which drives'pulley I80: The pulley I90 drives 'pulley I92 through 'belt' I941 The pulley'I92 is "keyedto shaft IBB'Which has a worm I98keyed thereto. The worm I98 meshes with a worm" gear 200 which is keyed to shaft 202. The shaft 202' drives shaft 204' through change gears 206, 208, 2l0and2'I2. The shaft 204 also has gear 2I4keyed thereto which meshes with and 'drives'geafflfi keyedto the cross-feed screw. I80.

The controls for the variousdrive'motors may be automatic and'a-suitable electriccontrol panel may be, providedfor givingthe desirediautomatic operation. Such control panels are. well under: stood by. those skilledin the art and it is not thought, that itis necessary. to a complete understandingv of the presentinvention to describe in detail such controlpanell Theonly parts. of suchcont'rollwhich need be shown are thereversingswitches for reversing the motor. I86 andfor' thereby reversing thecrossfeed. Suchswitches are indicated at 220 and 222 (Fig.4), and maybe mounted on the. in-feed housing I0. Adjustable stops224 and-226 may: be adjustably mounted: on bars 228: and, 230, respectively, whichare mounted tobrackets .on the back wall of'carriage; 24-. Thus, as the carriage-.24 moves inone direction; stop- 2261 actuates. limit switch222 t'o reverse-theimotor I86 and cause-the carriage to reverse. When the carriage reaches its limit of movement inthe opposite direction; the stop'2-24 engages limit'switch- 220' to reverse themotor' 2 2'6 and'cause' the- 'carriage- 2 24 to move in the'oppos-itedirection; The structure-so fardescribed' may-be employed forthe' conventional shaving-of gears, that-is, for-the shavingof gears the entire width of the teeth. For this operation the carriage 26 and in-feed housing are bolted together by bolts 82. automatically controlled during this shaving.

In order to obtain the crowning, the carriage 26 and housing 70 are not bolted together as mentioned above, but are connected for relative infeed movement with respect to each other. In orderto obtain the crowning effect, means are provided for varying the center distance between the work spindle and the tool spindle as the carriage 24 i cross-fed. Such means includes a cam 233 having a rounded edge 238. The cam 236 is fixedly mounted to the in-feedhousing T8 at the transverse center thereof. Follower cams 249 and 242 are adjustably fixed within a T-slot 244 on the carriage 24. The cams 240 and 242 may be adjustably fixed in position in the T-slot by means of bolts 245. The cam followers 248 and 242 have cam edges 248 of predetermined con tour to give the proper crowning of the gears. By varying the shape ofthe cam edges 248 and by varyingthe space between the cams 249 and 242 the crowning of the gears may be varied.

It will be appreciated that as the carriage 24 is cross-fed, the edges 248 of cams 248 and 242 bear against the edge 233 of cam 236 and will cause an in-feed of carriages 24 and 29, since such carriages may be moved relative to in-feed housing '10 against springs 85. During the movement of cross-feed within the space between the facing edges of cams 250 and 242 there is no relative infeed movement of the tool arbor withrespect to the work arbor. Corresponding portions of the gear would receive the conventional shaving treatment during this period. As either end .of the tooth is approached the cams 249 and 242 engage cam 236 to cause in-feed to the extent of the shape of cam edges 248. This changes the center distance between the tool arbor and the work arbor during the periods of end travel and produces the crowning effect desired. It will be evident that this varying of the center distance as the cutter approaches each end of the gear tooth is without changing the crossed-axis relaf tionship and there is no biasing of the bearing between the work and'cutter. It will also be evident that the axis of the cutter arbor always remains in a plane parallel to a plane through the work arbor, where both of such planes are nor- 1 mal to the direction of in-feed. In other words, during the cross-feed, including the crowning, the angular relation between the arbors never changes. The limit stops 224 and 226 are so positioned that the cross-fed carriage'is recipro-.

cated and the wayson which it reciprocates are parallel to the work gear arbor. The cam action is responsive to the reciprocation of the crossfed carriage between the limits of reciprocation thereof so that the'tool arborv is bodily moved toward and ayyay fromthe work gear arbor thereby varying the center distance between the arbors Without changing the crossed-axis relationship.

More specifically, the tool arbor is caused to follow the path parallel to the work arbor over the mid-portion of the travel. of reciprocation and then is caused to follow aninclined path toward The in-feed may also be of the cross-feed carriage, at all times remaining in planes parallel to a, plane through the work arbor where all of such planes are normal ,to the direction of in-ieed, asmentioned above.

Formal changes maybe made in the specific embodiments described without departing from' the substance of the invention, the scope of which is commensurated with the appended claims,

Whatisclaimedis: V i.

1. A machine for shaving gears comprising a base, a work gear arbor, a rotary cuttingvtool arbor, means mounting said arbors inpredetermined crossed-axisrelationship at predetermined center distance, said last named means including first and second carriages and a housing mounted on said base, means mounting said tool arbor on said first carriage, means mounting said first carriage on said second carriage for reciprocation in a direction parallel to the gear arbor, means mounting said second carriage and said housing for movement'toward and from said geararbor to set said arbors at predetermined cente'r'distance, means mounting saidsecond carriage for relative movement with respect to said'housing, and means interposed between said" first carriage and said housing responsive to the reciprocation of the first carriage betweenthe limits ofreciprocation thereof to cause said relative movement between said second carriage and said housing for bodily moving said tool arbor, first carriage and second carriage toward and away fromjthe gear arbor in a direction normal to the direction of reciprocation without changing thecrossed-axis relationship.

2. A machine for shaving gears comprising a base, a work gear arbor, a rotary cutting tool arbor, means mounting said arbors in predeter mined crossed-axis relationship at'predeter mined center distance, said last named means including first and second carriages and a housing mounted on said base, means mounting said tool'arboron' said first carriage, means mounting said first carriage onsaid second carriage for reciprocation in a direction parallel to the gear arbor, means mounting said second carria'ge'and said housing for movement toward and from said gear arbor to set said arborsat predetermined center distance, means mounting said second carriage for relative movement with respect to said housing, and means interposed between said first carriage-and said housing responsive to the reciprocation of the first carriage between the limits of reciprocation thereof to cause said relative movement between said second carriage and said housing for causing said tool arbor to follow a path parallel to'the work gear arbor over the mid-portion of the travel of reciprocation and to'follow an'inclined path toward and away from the gear arbor in a direction normal thereto over the end portions of reciprocation. 7 f I 1 3. A machine for shaving gears comprisinga base, a work gear arbor, arotary cutting tool arbor, means mounting said arbors in predeter-i mined crossed-axis relationship at predetermined a direction-parallel to the gear arbor, means mounting said second carriageiand said housing for movement toward and from said gear arborl to set said arbors at predetermined center distance,

means mounting said second carriage for relative movement toward and away from said housing,

means resiliently urging said second carriage toward said housing, and means interposed between said first carriage and said housing responsive to the reciprocation of the first carriage between the limits of reciprocation thereof to cause said relative movement between said second carriage and said housing for bodily moving said tool arbor, first carriage and second carriage toward and away from the gear arbor in a direction normal to the direction of reciprocation without changing the crossed-axis relationship.

4. A machine for shaving gears comprising a base, a work gear arbor, a rotary cutting tool arbor, means mounting said arbors in predetermined crossed-axis relationship at predetermined center distance, said last named means including first and second carriages and a housing mounted on said base, means mounting said tool arbor on said first carriage, means mounting said first carriage on said second carriage for reciprocation in a direction parallel to the gear arbor, means mounting said second carriage and said housing for movement toward and from said gear arbor to set said arbors at predetermined center distance, means mounting said second carriage for relative movement toward and away from said housing, means resiliently urging said second carriage toward said housing, and cam means interposed between said first carriage and said housing responsive to the reciprocation of the first carriage between the limits of reciprocation thereof to cause said relative movement between said second carria e and said housing for bodily moving said tool arbor, first carriage and second carriage toward and away from the gear arbor in a direction normal to the direction of reciprocation without changing the crossed-axis relationship.

5. A machine for shaving gears comprising a base, a work gear arbor, a rotary cutting tool arbor, means mounting said arbors in predetermined crossed-axis relationship at predetermined center distance, said last named means including first and second carriages and a housing mounted on said base, means mounting said tool arbor on said first carriage, means mounting said first carriage on said second carriage for reciprocation in a direction parallel to the gear arbor, means mounting said second carriage and said housing for movement toward and from said gear arbor to set said arbors at predetermined center distance, means mounting said second carriage for relative movement toward and away from said housing, means resiliently urging said -second carriage toward said housing, and cam means interposed between said first carriage and said housing responsive to the reciprocation of the first carriage between the limits of reciprocation thereof to cause said relative movement between said second carriage and said housing for bodily moving said tool arbor, first carriage and second carriage toward and away from the gear arbor in a direction normal to the direction of reciprocation without changing the crossed-axis relationship, said cam means including a cam centrally mounted on said housing and a pair of adjustable cams mounted on said first carriage and adapted to engage said first named cam upon reciprocation of said first carriage.

CHARLES R. STAUB. 

